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Jim Hightower on Kinky, White, and the Dems

Former Texas Agriculture Commissioner Jim Hightower talks Democratic politics in 2010: Kinky Friedman's switch to the agriculture commissioner race, Bill White's campaign for governor, the prospects for his party up and down the ballot, and more.

by Ross Ramsey

Former Texas Agriculture Commissioner Jim Hightower talks Democratic politics in 2010: Kinky Friedman's switch to the agriculture commissioner race, Bill White's campaign for governor, the prospects for his party up and down the ballot, and more.

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